Tile press



A. MOSBLACK.

TILE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I2. 1922. 1,438,776. Patented Dec. 12,1922

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INVENTOR [WW I ATTORNEYS atented Dec. 11 5, 1922.,

ALBERT MOSBLAGK, OF STEUQBENVILLE, OHFO.

TILE Pnnss.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial no. 551,885.

To (rill-107mm it mag concern. r

Be it known that I, ALBERT h losepnon, a

citizen of the United States; and aresident ful in operating on other material as for ex ample for useby a baker in producing cakes from materials of different colors or embodyingvarious designs.

The general object of my invention is to provide a press of the indicated class having novel means for producing the article in one, two, three or more colors at one opera tion.

The nature ofthe invention, its distinguishin g features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speci fication, it being understood that the dravw ings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a plan viewof a press em bodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical section as indicated by the line 2-2, Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section as indicated by the line 33, Figure 2;

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a frag ment of the machine, the lever being in vertical section;

Figure 5 is a vertical section of a tile produced in accordance with my invention.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example a suitable base is provided from which risc postsfll. supporting a table top 12 on which the articles are to be moulded. Rising from the base also are one, two, or more posts 5 1% flush with the surface of the table. Said table 12 has in practice a surface plate 122 on which moulding is done.

A moulding frame is provided adapted to be imposed on the table 12 and here shown as consisting of side bars 1 1 through which elongated bolts 15 extend at opposite sides of the table,the said frame being completed by end bars 16 separate from the side bars 14 and rabbetted at their ends to be engaged .guided movement.

by a corresponding formation on the side 1 bars.

the bars '14, lb of the mould frame at their inner sides have vertical surface plates 10 The moulding frame is held in posit on by dowels 18 rising from the table 12 and accpmmodated in corresponding holes in the side bars 1 1. A clamp 19 is provided on the table at one side to bear against the outer surface of one of the sidebars 14, the opposite side bar lying 20 on the table 12.

The materialto be moulded is placed in the frame 14 which may be rectangular to produce a correspondingly shaped tile. In Order to form a tile Aor other moulded article with an insert or inserts a of difi'erent color, see Figure 5, the material to form the tile is placed within the bars 14, 16 and spread over the surface of the table plate 12 The colored inserts are formed on the under side through the medium of auxiliary djacent to a thrust cleat frames 21 here shown as in the form of rectangular tubes adapted to be projected through the upper surface of the table 12 and its plate 12 through slits 12 in which the tubes 21 are adapted to have vertical To raise or lower the tube or tubes 21 I provide a; frame 22 rigid therewith below the table top 12. A lever 23 ispivoted as at 2 1 to depending members 22 on the frame 22,said lever being adapted to rock in a vertical plane for raising or lowering the frame 22 and with it the tubes 21. Said lever 23 is fulcrumed by extendmg it through an opening in a plate 25 (Figures 2 and 3) disposed vertically at a side of the fixed structure. Said plate 25 at the top and bottom of the opening therein forms fulcrums for the lever 23 in raising and lowering the frame 22 and tube 21. In order to variously limit the throw of the lever 23 I provide a stop26 in the form of a small flat plate disposed in a vertical plane and secured to an element 27 secured to or formiug part of the fixed structure, as for eX- ample, the two adjacent posts 11. The lower edge 28of the stop 26 is of stepped form to variously limit the lever 23. The stop 26 may be a separate element held in position by the screw 29 and having a handle 30 for turning it about the fastener screw to present different portions of the edge 28 to the lever 23 for variously limiting the upward movement of the latter in the lowering of the frame 22 and tubes 21.

v body of the tile n'iay be placed in the pro jecting ends of the tubes 21, said tubes being made to lie with their upper ends below the plane of the top of the moulding frame composed of the members 14, 16. i Thus, the coloring material in the tubes 20, 21 will be covered by the material forming the body of'the tileand placed in the bars 14, 16 to a depth greater than that of the colored or contrastingsurface. After the material is spread'to fully occupy the upper ends of said tubes 21, said tubes may be lowered to lie flush with the surface plate ofthe tableanddthe material forming the body ;of the tile will thenoccupy the mold 14, 16 outside of the inserts. Obviously, with the tubes 21 lowered to the level of the surface plate lQ a tile or other article may be moulded of one material without colored or other contrasting inserts. a

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated-example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to theexact details herein reserve illustrated since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without itleparturc from the spirit of the invention as defined. in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A moulding means including a tableya moulding element movable vertically to project above said table, a frame carrying said element, a vertically rockable lever connected with said frame, and an adjustable stop movable to different positions and adapted to variously limit the movement of said lever. I

2. In amoulding machine of the class described, a plurality of posts, a table on said posts, movable hollow elements projectable through said table, a lower frame mounting said hollow elements, a lever pivoted adjacent the center of said lower frame, a plate acting as a fulcrum for said lever secured to sald posts, and means on one of said posts for controlling the movement of said lever whereby to project said hollow members a predetermined distance.

: ALBERT MOSBLAGK. 

